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Winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring is a harrowing tale of faith, revenge, and savagery in medieval Sweden. With austere simplicity, the director tells the story of the rape and murder of the virgin Karin, and her father Töre’s ruthless pursuit of vengeance against the three killers. Starring Max von Sydow and photographed by the brilliant Sven Nykvist, the film is both beautiful and cruel in its depiction of a world teetering between paganism and Christianity.
Original Release
02/08/1960
US Release
11/14/1960
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Töre |
Birgitta Valberg | Märeta |
Gunnel Lindblom | Ingeri |
Birgitta Pettersson | Karin |
Axel Düberg | Thin Herdsman / Thin Goat Herder |
Tor Isedal | Mute Herdsman / Mute Goat Herder |
Allan Edwall | Beggar |
Ove Porath | Boy / Boy Goat Herder |
Axel Slangus | Bridge Keeper |
Gudrun Brost | Frida |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Töre |
Birgitta Valberg | Märeta |
Gunnel Lindblom | Ingeri |
Birgitta Pettersson | Karin |
Axel Düberg | Thin Herdsman / Thin Goat Herder |
Tor Isedal | Mute Herdsman / Mute Goat Herder |
Allan Edwall | Beggar |
Ove Porath | Boy / Boy Goat Herder |
Axel Slangus | Bridge Keeper |
Gudrun Brost | Frida |
Oscar Ljung | Simon |
Tor Borong | Farm-hand / Old Farm-hand |
Leif Forstenberg | Farm-hand / Young Farm-hand |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ingmar Bergman | Producer |
Carl Anders Dymling | Producer |
Allan Ekelund | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1961 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Nominated |
1961 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |
1961 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film | Won |